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9 Home Design Shows To Inspire Your Next Renovation Project

Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, you name it. Even if you've watched every episode of your favorite show, there is always more to discover, and the interior design, architecture, and home decor genre is no exception.

January 10, 2024 at 8:11 AM PST

From tranquil japandi to quaint farmhouse and every style in between, home design shows offer an inside look at what it takes to repair, renovate, and transform even the most dilapidated homes into one-of-a-kind gems. Both the savant and the apprentice can take something from the grandeur of the properties on The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals and the picturesque results of Dream Home Makeover. It’s not just the designs that fans come to love, but the human aspects of the seasons that make the shows worth binging, too. Some of the most popular—and our favorites—master the perfect combination of personality, skill, creativity, heartfelt moments, and sometimes a little drama or a lot (Selling Sunset). So where should you start, or what should you watch next?

H&T compiled a list of nine beloved home design shows to add to your streaming queue. You’ll definitely want to check these out for inspiration before curating your next decorating project, and fair warning, you might lose sleep watching once you fall in love with these architectural and interior wonders.

Home Design Shows

1. The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals, Netflix

How would you describe the perfect vacation rental? Can you fathom a week in a two-story treehouse at an animal rescue farm inside a bamboo forest in Georgia or a curved snake-like structure with circular windows in the heart of Mexico? The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals allows you to live vicariously through three travel experts on such epic stays across the globe as they share their tips and tricks for locating unique finds and making the best of the overall experience.

2. Interior Design Masters, BBC and Netflix

If you love home design shows that embrace the light-hearted spirit of competition, look no further than Interior Design Masters. Vying for a chance at a top-notch commercial contract, 10 aspiring interior designers face off in weekly challenges that put their talents to the test. To win, they’ve got to transform all kinds of spaces, sometimes to fit assigned themes and others according to their signature styles. The last designer standing takes it home.

3. Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, Bravo and Peacock

The Million Dollar Listing Franchise sweeps from Los Angeles up to San Francisco, then across to New York, and down to Miami, but the O.G. LA series is by far the fan-fave. It follows realtors in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and Malibu on a quest to sell lavish high-end properties and conquer the industry one listing at a time. Some of the show’s high-profile clients include Shonda Rhimes, Jennifer Lopez, 50 Cent, Kim Kardashian, and more.

4. Selling Sunset, Netflix

Don’t let the perpetual drama of Selling Sunset distract you from admiring the opulent listings and home stagings in the series. Although, we know it’s juicy gossip to try and guess which of the women on the all-female real estate team of the Oppenheim Group will go at it each season. Strutting through Los Angeles in 6-inch heels and designer mini skirts that have viewers questioning what’s considered professional attire, these ladies sell the luxury interior lifestyle to affluent clients. Cutthroat and a little more involved in personal affairs than your day-to-day office, the most expensive listings might give way to underhanded tricks and surprise antics. All in the name of glitz, glamour, and competition.

5. Home, Apple TV

What goes through the minds of celebrated designers lauded as visionaries in the industry when at work? Home provides the chance to know first-hand. The deep dive into the ideas and stories of the global experts behind some of the most ingenious homes discusses pushing the boundaries of how we live and creating future-forward spaces that feel and look like no others.

6. Queer Eye, Netflix

Did you know Queer Eye is a reboot? The original series premiered in 2003 and lasted until 2007 before Netflix picked it up nearly a decade later. The newest version of Queer Eye presents a comprehensive approach to upgrading your lifestyle as a group of experts in Atlanta known as the Fab Five advises clients in need of makeovers in all aspects, from appearance and nutrition to interior design. Fans love the relationships forged between the Fab Five and the community, appreciating the social commentary and culturally relevant topics of the nine-time Emmy-winning show.

7. Hack My Home, Netflix

The importance of having a functional and practical living space cannot be understated, despite how big or small it is. On Hack My Home, four design experts put their minds together to provide families with the life-changing gift of space-maximizing and organizing renovations that work better in their favor. Instead of complete revamps, the experts offer invaluable tips and tricks to create something new from the old.

8. Instant Dream Home, Netflix

Instant Dream Home is chaotic, addicting, and fun. While it may sound impossible, with 12 hours and none to spare, a crew of renovators must gut and redesign the spaces of homeowners nominated by friends and family. If that doesn’t sound wild enough, the job extends to the entire property, meaning backyards, garages, everything. What would you come up with if given less than a day?

9. Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, Netflix

See how renowned tidying expert and bestselling author Marie Kondo approaches her coveted KonMari method in Tidying Up With Marie Kondo. In the series, Kondo helps clients stop clutter and reset their lives by choosing joy over meaningless belongings. Rather than thinking of it as a discarding method, she encourages keeping only the items you love—and use—the most. Basically, hate it and don’t need it? Toss it out.




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